Staten Island Advance/Irving SilversteinAt Burgers Nâ Dogs in Dongan Hills, the goal is âsteakhouse-quality food with a home-cooked feel,â says Chris Krietchman, who co-owns the business with his dad.

DONGAN HILLS -- If you’re searching for home-style comfort food close to home, Burgers N’ Dogs on North Railroad Avenue has delivered just that — since September.

Menu choices include half-pound hamburgers such as the popular Screamin’ Yankee (a hand-spiced patty topped with smoky chipotle mayonnaise, Swiss cheese, and onion strings), and deep-fried, quarter-pound frankfurters, one of them the Beggin’ Slaw Dog, a combination of coleslaw, cheddar, and bacon.

The goal is “steakhouse-quality food with a home-cooked feel,” said Chris Krietchman, who owns the place with his father and partner, Dr. Raymond Krietchman, a dentist with a practice in New Dorp.

The rigid “uniformity” of mass-market fast food never appealed to the younger Krietchman, and he aims to please with what he describes as “the inconsistency of good-quality food.”

He proudly describes the macaroni and cheese, flecked with smoky bacon, as “Southern-style, super rich and spicy,” and notes that “we cut our own fries and onion rings.

“Everyone loves everything here. The only complaint is that they want more!” he said.

Designed as a pick-up and delivery place more than a sit-down restaurant, Burgers N’ Dogs has relied on “word of mouth” and its Facebook page to attract customers, said Krietchman. It’s worked: Orders come in from Oakwood to Rosebank, Todt Hill to Castleton Corners. The comfort-food fans include Hylan Boulevard car-dealership employees who “order four to six burgers at a time,” he reported.

BACKGROUND

Krietchman, a native Staten Islander who grew up in Grasmere with three sisters, now lives in Dongan Hills.

He developed an appreciation for food when he was training as a body-builder, and went into business with his oldest sister, Rachel Browning, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America. They opened a Nestle Toll House Cafe By Chip franchise at the Staten Island Mall in 2003, and operated three more over the next four years, in Long Island, New Jersey, and Connecticut, before moving on.

Burgers N’ Dogs offers 10 percent off every day for teachers, other city employees, hospital workers, and members of the armed forces. “They’re in the take-care-of-us industries, and we want to give a little back and make them feel special,” said Krietchman.

A few new items will be added to the menu: Mexican-style corn on the cob, and super-sized chicken wings in a sweet and spicy-tangy sauce, sold by the bucket. “These will not be your typical wings,” Krietchman promised.

He is perfecting his own creamed spinach recipe that he hopes will rival the best that steakhouses offer. “I won’t put this on the menu until it’s unanimously delicious!” he said.